Our Experts

MSW, LCSW-C, CCM, CDMS, CLCP, CRC

Shelby Dubato serves as MalcolmDubato’s Managing Member managing the financial and daily operations of the business, to include monitoring of referrals, retention contracts for expert cases, training protocols, and intra-office procedures.

Ms. Dubato is a Certified Life Care Planner [CLCP] experienced in completing extensive case file reviews; performing in-depth client interviews; conducting home visits in conjunction with a physical and/or occupational therapist; preparing medical case management correspondence to treating providers to determine future medical needs and costs; coordinating services; conducting research for cost analysis; and preparing formal Life Care Plan reports.

Ms. Dubato possesses experience working on cases for catastrophically injured adults and children with injuries including but not limited to: birth injury, developmental delays, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, chronic pain, amputation, neurologic injury, burn injury, psychiatric/psychological trauma, and orthopedic trauma.

Ms. Dubato is licensed by the Maryland Department of Health as a Licensed Certified Social Worker – Clinical [LCSW-C]. This licensure allows her to provide psychotherapy to our clients experiencing mental health conditions in order to assist them in regaining their functioning, including returning to work. She specializes in providing desensitization therapy to injured workers who have developed Anxiety Disorders, such as phobias, and Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders, such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder [PTSD], resulting from a traumatizing work event.

Ms. Dubato is a Certified Case Manager [CCM] with experience providing medical case management services to injured workers within the Maryland and Washington, D.C. Workers’ Compensation industry. Ms. Dubato is a Maryland Registered Rehabilitation Service Practitioner with the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission [Practitioner #N2422]. She is a Certified Disability Management Specialist [CDMS] with experience assisting clients with other disability service systems such as, but not limited to: Social Security Disability Insurance, Ticket to Work Program, Long-Term Disability, and Labor Unions.

Ms. Dubato’s employment experience, along with her credential as a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor [CRC] allow her to serve as a Vocational Expert. She possesses experience in reviewing plaintiff’s employment files, education history, and wage/tax documentation; conducting in-depth vocational interviews of plaintiffs; completing labor market research; and utilizing the labor market research to prepare Vocational Expert Opinion reports.

MAS, MSW, LCSW-C, CCM, CVE, CRC, CDMS, CLCP

Jody Malcolm is an experienced expert witness in multiple jurisdictions and court systems. She and the experts at MalcolmDubato, LLC provide expert opinion reports and testimony in both plaintiff and defendant cases.

Ms. Malcolm is a Certified Life Care Planner [CLCP] experienced in completing extensive case file reviews; performing in-depth client interviews; conducting home visits in conjunction with a physical and/or occupational therapist; preparing medical case management correspondence to treating providers to determine future medical needs and costs; coordinating services; conducting research for cost analysis; and preparing formal Life Care Plan reports.

Ms. Malcolm possesses experience working on cases for catastrophically injured adults and children with injuries including but not limited to: birth injury, developmental delays, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, chronic pain, amputation, neurologic injury, burn injury, psychiatric/psychological trauma, and orthopedic trauma.

Ms. Malcolm is licensed by the Maryland Department of Health as a Licensed Certified Social Worker – Clinical [LCSW-C]. This licensure allows her to provide psychotherapy to our clients experiencing mental health conditions in order to assist them in regaining their functioning, including returning to work. She specializes in providing career counseling and supportive therapy to injured workers who have experienced: work related trauma; head injury; or post-concussion syndrome resulting in cognitive processing issues.

Ms. Malcolm’s employment experience, along with her CRC and CVE credentials, allow her to serve as a Vocational Expert. She possesses experience in reviewing plaintiff’s employment files, education history, and wage/tax documentation; conducting in-depth vocational interviews of plaintiffs; completing labor market research; and utilizing the labor market research to prepare Vocational Expert Opinion reports.

Ms. Malcolm has experience assisting injured workers and others who want to establish a small business enterprise. She assists with development of business plans, marketing plans, websites, and business accounting systems.

Ms. Malcolm has experience assisting injured workers who are seeking to make a career change by pursuing vocationally specific training or re-training options within the parameters of the specific worker’s compensation jurisdiction guidelines, with the express goal of return to suitable gainful employment.

Ms. Malcolm is a Certified Case Manager [CCM] with experience providing medical case management services to injured workers within the Maryland and Washington, D.C. Workers’ Compensation industry. She is a Certified Disability Management Specialist [CDMS] with experience assisting clients with other disability service systems such as, but not limited to: Social Security Disability Insurance [SSDI], Ticket to Return to Work Program, Long-Term Disability [LTD] and Labor Unions.

BSW, MBA, CCM, CDMS, CLCP, MCRSP

Melanie Brennan serves as a Case Manager and Damages Expert for MalcolmDubato.

As a Certified Life Care Planner [CLCP], Ms. Brennan completes extensive case file reviews; performs in-depth client interviews; conducts home visits; prepares medical case management correspondence to treating providers and medical experts to determine future medical needs; conducts research for cost analysis; and prepares formal Life Care Plan reports. Ms. Brennan possesses experience working on cases for catastrophically injured adults and children, with conditions including but not limited to: birth injury, developmental delay, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, neurological injury, amputation, orthopedic injury, chronic pain, and psychiatric/psychological trauma.

As a Maryland Registered Rehabilitation Service Practitioner [#N0213] with the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission and a Certified Case Manager [CCM], Ms. Brennan performs Initial Medical-Vocational Assessments and provides medical case management services to injured workers. She has developed and implemented Medical Case Management and Vocational Rehabilitation Plans for workers’ compensation claimants with complex medical issues. She possesses experience reviewing plaintiff’s employment files, education history, and wage/tax documentation; conducting in-depth vocational interviews of plaintiffs; completing labor market research; and utilizing the labor market research to prepare Vocational Expert Opinion reports.

Ms. Brennan is a Certified Disability Management Specialist [CDMS] with extensive experience helping clients to understand and access their healthcare and health and disability insurance benefits, as well as navigate and resolve difficulties with complicated disability and health systems, such as but not limited to: Social Security Disability Insurance [SSDI], Short- and Long-Term Disability, Accident and Indemnity Insurance, Medicare, Medical Assistance, private health plans, and complex hospital and healthcare delivery systems.